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Conceptual Model to Support PCB Management and Monitoring in the San Leandro Bay Priority Margin Unit Final Report

Donald Yee, Alicia N. Gilbreath, Lester McKee, Jay A. Davis | November 2nd, 2019


The goal of this report is to answer three questions related to management and monitoring of PCBs in priority margin units. To this end, a conceptual model was developed that includes four major elements:

1. loading from the watersheds;

2. initial deposition and retention;

3. processes determining the long-term fate of PCBs in sediment and water; and

4. bioaccumulation in the food web

Keywords

ecosystem management, monitoring, pollutants, Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, sediment, stormwater, water quality